Many a socialite visited Ann Lowe’s Gowns, a salon on Manhattan’s Lexington Avenue, in the 1950s. The daughter and ...

The three new volumes in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) General History of Africa series mark a deliberate shift toward an Afrocentric reading of the ...

It troubles Serge Alain Niang'O that many of his fellow Ivorians know more about the famous descendants of African slaves trafficked across the Atlantic Ocean than their own ancestors. Even if the ...

Back in the 1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) developed Freedom Schools to teach reading, writing, math, civics and history to African Americans whose self-determination was ...

The Program in African Studies provides a systematic introduction to the complex historical, political and social issues of the African continent. Its major and minor are structured to give students ...

Zeinab Badawi, the Sudanese-born doyenne of British broadcasting and president of London University’s School of African and Oriental Studies, elegantly sips tea while I opt for a number of strong ...

With each passing day the assault on all things Black increases. Ancient African proverbs offer wisdom that can give more weight to Black history lessons Ancient African proverbs offer wisdom that can ...

Reign of Royalty, Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m. at the Frazier Extended Education & Cultural Enrichment Center, uses fashion, dance, music and ceremony to honor African kings and queens in Natchez and the Miss ...

Nearly three decades ago, Florida passed a landmark measure requiring that Black history be taught in its public schools. “Knowledge is the antidote to the poison of prejudice,” Gov. Lawton Chiles (D) ...

Education and Community is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart ...

Governor Hochul announced a new $3.8 million grant program Sunday, to support and promote the history and achievements of ...

COLUMBIA — Like many things in South Carolina this year, the 2026 iteration of the state’s annual African American History Calendar is themed around the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. As ...